Splodge's Diary

Thanks. It's still very early days, if I'm still doing this well come February I'll give myself a pat on the back. In the obsessive first month it's easy enough though, especially whilst I'm not cutting back too heavily on calories.

Day 25 - 26 Nov 2009


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Breakfast:Homemade brown bread w\ 3 scrambled eggs, small smoothie
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: 2 bowls veg soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Roast duck breast, red wine jus, mashed potato, cabbage, carrot
Evening Snack: None
Alcohol: None
Cals: approx 2300

Exercise
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35 min walk lunchtime

Made a bit of a mess of the gym session - I wanted to do 3 intensive constant 10 minute bouts on the cardio machines - Totally mispaced the exercise bike and was knackered after two minutes, then took it easy for a while, messed around with effort levels etc and i don't really know what I achieved only that it told me I'd lost 170 calories. Set a target of 100 calories on the arm power and 200 calories on the cross trainer and just stopped when I picked off those targets, but again messing around with effort levels and speeds.

A bit of an unsatisfactory session - I'll have to decide what I want to do before I actually start the session and put a bit of structure to it. The exercises seem much more painful when you don't know when your going to stop.

I did no weights for no good reason. Today was supposed to be day off day, but i think I'll go in and do maybe 20 easy mins on the cross trainer and the weight session I missed last night and the weekly program will be back on track again. The downside of that is that I'll be training 6 days in a row, since next day off is Tuesday - but I didn't really stretch the bod last night and don't intend to tonight so it's sort of two half days off.
 
Day 26 - 27 November

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Breakfast:Bran Flakes
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: 2 bowls tomato soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Enormous crab salad
Evening Snack: Nuts
Alcohol: None
Cals: approx 2600

Exercise
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35 min walk lunchtime - No gym :-(

Day 27 - 28 November

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Breakfast:Skipped
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: Big bowl veg soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Curry Rice Naan bread
Evening Snack: Nuts, apple, 2 pears, tangerine
Alcohol: None
Cals: approx 2500

Exercise
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16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on exercise bike - level 9 (3) 10 (3) 12(2) - ?km
16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on arm power - level 10 - ?km
16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on cross trainer - level 12 ?km
7 * 2 * 10 weight training - 6*110lbs, 1*8KG

Day 28 - 29 November

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Breakfast:Banana
Morning Snack: None
Dinner: Big steak stir fry w/rice
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner II: Half 12" Pizza, Tirimasu
Alcohol: small glass red wine
Evening Snack: Apple, 2 tangerines
Cals: approx 2750

Exercise
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4 mins warm up +16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on exercise bike - level 10 (4) 11(1) 12 (1) 13(1) 14(1)- ?km
16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on arm power - level 9 (4) 10 (1) 11(1) 12 (1) 13(1) - ?km
16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on cross trainer - level 12 ?km
7 * 2 * 10 weight training - 6*110lbs, 1*8KG

Not a perfect week, but I still got 4 good workouts in plus a baby one. I'm intending to stay off alcohol altogether until the festive season, but I wont beat myself up over one glass. Weekend eating was pretty poor but I stayed well under 3000 calories per day, and should be burning 3300+ on exercise days so all in all a decent week. Given that I lost 7lbs last week, I'm not sure a good week will be reflected on the scales tomorrow morning but I would just love to be one little tiny baby pound lower.

Edit: Actually the weekend wasn't as bad eating wise as I first estimated. If I'd knocked out the 1,400 calories of mixed nuts between friday and saturday, and the tiramasu on Sunday it would actually have had my calories a bit below what I'm aiming at.
 
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Day 29 - 30 November

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Breakfast: porridge, juice
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: 2 bowls minestrone soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Steak in creamy tomato whiskey sauce w\rice
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: Apple
Cals: approx 2000

Exercise
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4 mins warm up +16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on exercise bike - level 10
16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on arm power - level 9 - ?km
16 mins intervals (1.5min slow 0.5 fast) x 8 on cross trainer - level 12 ?km
7 * 2 * 10 weight training - 2*130lbs, 4*110lbs, 1*8KG

Day 30 - 1 December

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Breakfast: Homemade brown bread w/marmalade, espresso, juice
Morning Snack: espresso
Lunch: 500ml Veg soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Pasta Bolognaise
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: Apple
Cals: approx 2000

Exercise
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None - badly needed day off.
 
Day 31 - 2 December

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Breakfast: Homemade brown bread w\apricot jam, espresso, juice
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: 2 bowls horrible potato and leek soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Beef Bourguignon, mashed potato
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: none
Cals: approx 2200

Exercise
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10km - exercise bike - level 10 - 27min 50 sec
4km - arm power - level 8 - 10 min 59 sec
0.6km on cross trainer - level 12 - 11min 37 sec
7 * 2 * 10 weight training - 2*130lbs, 4*110lbs, 1*7KG

I want an easier life, I wasn't built for hard physical work.
 
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Hey Splodge, you're doing great! I admire your balanced positive thinking. Thanks for dropping by my diary. :)
 
Thanks Shinsplint,

I was a boldish boy this weekend, but I reckon if I can get over the next 4 weeks without a really bad blowout I can get stuck into it in the new year.

I've missed a few days so will go for the short version.

Day 32 - 3rd December
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Good healthy eating - 1900 calories - good gymn workout

Day 33 - 4th December
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Buckets of soup, no breakfast, spoiled with Chicken strip things - 2000 calories - day off from gym no walk. Low calories but still not a good food day.

Day 34 - 5th December
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Skipped breakfast, soup and then two mega homemade beefburgers with all the trimmings, followed by a very generous portion of cheese and water biscuits for slobbing around watching TV snack- 3000 calories - Probably my toughest gym workout so far both on cardio machines and weights. Pleased with that - eating wasn't good.

Day 35 - 6th December
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Skipped breakfast, Slow cooked roast lamb for lunch - modest enough portion (for me). Was at a show in the evening and ended up getting a chicken burger and chips. Had a beer (alcohol alert) and a packet of prawn crackers when I got home - approx 3100 calories- Really suffered in the gym after the previous days workout. Did half hour on the cross trainer and was getting hamstring twinges after about 5 mins on the exercise bike - so packed up and went home. Shoulders were also aching and still stiff today.

Day 36 - 7th December
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Weigh in : 258 lbs
Loss on Week: 1lb
Loss so far :17lbs

I'm happy to have lost anything after a poor weekend. Not sure I wasn't being generous in my interpretation of the scales but it just about registered a loss. I want a near perfect week this week to get me in position for Christmas, although the first of the Christmas events is this Friday. I WILL NOT BLOW OUT.
 
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Day 36 - 7 December

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Breakfast: Bran Flakes, Smoothie
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: Pastrami & Cheese Sandwich, Cappuccino
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Roast Lamb Dinner (small)
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: peanuts (salted roasted)
Cals: approx 2300



Exercise
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2km - cross trainer - level 13 - 38min 41 sec
7 * 2 * 10 weight training - 2*130lbs, 4*110lbs, 1*7KG

Shit day at work, came home late. Didn't want to go to the gym, but eventually stomped out anyway. It turned out to be a nice little session. I vented my frustration out on the cross trainer and stomped away for 40 odd minutes. The weight might not be coming off as quickly as I'd hoped (rather than expected) the last couple of weeks, but my fitness levels are improving. Five weeks ago a 40 minute gentle walk was a significantish workout, I couldn't even consider putting in a level of effort that would have me sweating like a pig (do pigs really sweat?) after 5 minutes and yet be able to keep going for that length of time. I didn't even feel too bad after at. This is the minimum level of fitness I wanted to reach before really attacking the food part of the process, that I can do a significant calorie burning workout without feeling crap afterwards - I hadn't expected to get there quite so quickly. Then again, I have good days and bad days, maybe this was just a good day and next time out I'll be huffing and puffing in no time and go home with my tail between my legs.

There's no point trying to fool myself that I'm going to get the calories/nutrients under control over the next 3 or 4 weeks, so I'll keep on as I am to the new year - get a reassessment at the gym and combine that with a proper controlled diet rather than the ad hoc (although not bad) eating I'm doing at the moment.
 
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Day 37 - 8 December

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Breakfast: Smoothie, cappucino
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: 2 bowls veg soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Caesar Salad, Roast Pork Dinner, Cheesecake
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: None
Cals: approx 2500



Exercise
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Nil!

I ate out last night. While I don't eat out so much that I can waste an event picking a meal on nutritional value alone, I did avoid the dirty, greasy fattening things I might otherwise get. Chicken liver pate on brioche turned into a well dressed Caesar salad. Battered fish and chips turned into a slow braised pork with veg. I went a dessert which was more out of being sociable. I don't have a sweet tooth, but I don't like sitting around staring at an empty table whilst others are eating. Should have got an extra coffee.

I'd eaten few enough calories up to that point so I ended up with an on target day in that respect, and it was a training day off so no catching up required. It never even occurred to me to get a glass of wine. I was driving, but, even so, normally I'd have the one glass. Last night I just grabbed the sparkling water and it only occurred to me as I'm writing this diary that I did a good job of abstaining.
 
Day 38 - 9 December

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Breakfast: Smoothie
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: Cheese w/crackers
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Spag Bol
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: cappuccino
Cals: approx 2000



Exercise
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2.5km - cross trainer - 0.5@level 9/10/11/12/13- 43min 37 sec
7 * 2 * 10 weight training - 2*130lbs, 4*110lbs, 1*7KG

I'm getting to dislike the intervals, they're too hard for me. Just plodding away like i've done the last couple of nights is much easier and probably burns as many calories without having the machine beeping at me telling me I'm going to die because my heart rate is too high.
 
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Day 39 - 10 December

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Breakfast: Smoothie
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: Cod, red cabbage, potatoes
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Salmon, carrots, broccolli, potatoes
Alcohol: None
Evening Snack: cappuccino
Cals: approx 2000



Exercise
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1km - cross trainer - 0.2@level 15/14/13/12/11- 18min 42 sec
4km - Armpower - level 12/10
6.5km - Exercise bike - level 10/12
No Weight training


Good: Ate two good healthy meals that didn't add up to a whole heap of calories
Bad: Messy gym session. Meant to do 15km on the bike but my arse was in agony after about 4k - hoped it would get better a I went along, but it wasn't working like that. It's not as if my arse doesn't have enough natural padding. Switched to the armpower thing and set the level too high at 12 for 4km, had to switch down to level 10 after about 2 km. Moved onto the cross trainer and did an okish session on that but was getting a bit demotivated and pissed off at that stage. I did what I set out to do on it but didn't attack it with any enthusiasm.

I need to start varying my gym a bit, it really is becoming drudgery. Maybe I need to do the opposite, do the same every night and time it, then try and better it. Make it a competition for myself a la Marathon Man. Or maybe give myself a race once a week and vary the other 4 sessions, that sound good. The splodge triathlon every Sunday, coming soon ...

5km on Exercise Bike ~ 15 mins
5km on Armpower ~ 15 mins
.75 on Cross trainer ~ 15 mins
 
Day 40 - 11 December

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Breakfast: Smoothie
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: Gravadlax, Brill with Veg, cheese board
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Aromatic Duck, pancakes, hoi sin sauce
Alcohol: 4 glasses wine, 0.5l beer
Evening Snack: large packet ultra fatty crisps with added fat.
Cals: I dread to think 5000+



Exercise
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None

Worst Day Yet. The packet of crisps alone was 800 calories = 2 gym sessions.
 
Day 41 - 12 December

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Breakfast: Pineapple Juice
Morning Snack: None
Lunch: Soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Meatballs w/pasta
Evening Snack: Cappuccino
Alcohol: None
Calories: 1500


Exercise
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Exercise Bike: 6.5 km
Row Machine: 2 km
Cross Trainer: 0.75Km
Weights : 2*7*10 (150lb,130lb,110lbx4,7Kg)
 
Day 42 - 13 December
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First Sunday Triathlon

5km Exercise Bike, level 10 : 12:43
3km Row, level 10 : 13.30
0.8 km Cross Trainer, level 12: 13:48

Total time : 40:01

Switched to the rowing machine because I'm starting to think the armpower thing only gives me sore arms for very little benefit. I worked quite hard on each of the three things so that's a decent marker time for me. I don't think I could have done a whole heap faster safely.

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Breakfast: Pineapple Juice
Morning Snack: None
Dinner: Roast Beef, Aspargus, Roast Potatoes
Afternoon Snack: None
Tea: Soup
Evening Snack: Cheese w\crackers
Alcohol: 2 glasses wine
Calories: 2700
 
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6th Week Weigh In
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Weight : 260
Gain on Week : 2lbs
Total loss : 15lbs

I wasn't a very good boy, but I didn't think I was so bad to put on 2lbs. Hell I should have been well in deficit for the week despite a blow out and a couple of mini blips. Anyhow, c'est la vie.

I'm determined I'm going to have a perfect week this week as I know the next two afterwards are not going to be weight loss weeks. This is the last real go I'll be able to have for 2009, although I have no intention of just abandoning everything - I'll up the exercise if anything till the end of the year and try and cut down on the most fattening of the excesses, but I'm not going to sit like a grey cloud over the festivities saying "I wish i could have that but it has two many calories". I'll have what I enjoy but I'm not going to graze for the sake of grazing as I've done every year up to now.
 
You seem to be doing really well. I think the fact that you're experiencing difficulty with some of the gym workouts proves you're setting yourself stuff that's not too easy, so you're probably building some muscle as well. (Hence the slight weight gain).

Keep on going, you'll get there. :iagree:
 
Hey there :) glimpsed thru your journal a bit- you seem pretty frickin motivated! Keep up the killer work, already down 15lbs, awesum :) I see you do the crosstrainer... Thats what I do for cardio, and I effin love it, but I do admit I wish my gym had a rowing machine :rolleyes: Oh well. I guess I stick with whats there. Anyway, have a great day!
 
so you're probably building some muscle as well. (Hence the slight weight gain).
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Yes that must be it. It could also be a very dodgy scales that I've pushed to the limit of generous interpretation so that it can be generous no more. But it's probably muscle mass.

In all honesty, what I find difficult after 12 or so years of inactivity and weight gain is probably not sufficient to have too much impact on muscle growth. I'm guessing. This is a twelve month project at least to get down to a normal weight, so I'm going to have a few reverses along the way. Generally in the past it has been my reaction to reverses that causes the failure to lose weight not the reverses themselves, they are guaranteed to happen.

I have a few health issues that are weight related - nothing serious at the moment I might add, but have the potential to become serious if I don't address them. Motivation becomes a default in those circumstances. I'd love to be in a position regarding the training to say "I effin love it" but I don't , I effin hate it. I do enjoy the feeling of achievement you get at the end of a good session and, for the moment anyway, that makes up for it, but when I'm sitting on an exercise bike, pedalling furiously, whilst moving nowhere, with my backside aching, all I can think is "somebody shoot me, please"
 
Day 43 - 14 December
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Exercise
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6km Exercise Bike, level 11 - 17.00min
4km Row, level 6 - 18:??min
0.9 km Cross Trainer, level 13 - ???min

35 min walk at Lunch
10 min Swim

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Breakfast: Pineapple Juice, Porridge w/honey
Morning Snack: None
Lunch : 2 bowls fresh chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
Afternoon Snack: None
Dinner: Cottage Pie, Broccolli - v big portion
Evening Snack: None
Alcohol: None
Calories: 2100

Got stuck in to the exercise and ate well - 6 more days like that and you wont see me if I turn sideways. I managed to coincide my Gym session with a valid swim time for the first time in ages. It really is a treat to have a nice bob in the pool to relieve the aches and strains.
 
Splodge said:
I'd love to be in a position regarding the training to say "I effin love it" but I don't , I effin hate it. I do enjoy the feeling of achievement you get at the end of a good session and, for the moment anyway, that makes up for it, but when I'm sitting on an exercise bike, pedalling furiously, whilst moving nowhere, with my backside aching, all I can think is "somebody shoot me, please"
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Have you considered getting a mountain bike and going riding outside? Or taking up a sport/activity that you enjoy? You shouldn't have to be bored during a workout and only doing it for the fitness part.
 
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